Asking for a project filter, Spirit Child Edition

March 26, 2013 10:54 AM

Do spirit photographs of ogbanje children or malevolent spirit children exist? I'm thinking of the plethora of spirit photographs from the turn of the 20th century that depicted deceased persons (from the spiritualist movement) -- do similar types of photos of ogbanje or spirit children in African culture exist? If so, where?
posted by mrfuga0 to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

You are aware those spirit photographs from the early 1900s were faked, right? And rather badly, by all modern standards, though at the time the audience wasn't that sophisticated about photography.
posted by IAmBroom at 12:14 PM on March 26, 2013 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Well, yes. I'm looking for that type of photography, if it exists, in the spirit child genre.
posted by mrfuga0 at 1:24 PM on March 26, 2013